James Gray and I are separated by more than just one syllable, but it’s been interesting following his progress since he announced he was dumping his cancer-surviving wife for another woman. Interestingly, more Conservative-leaning members of the blogosphere don’t share my interest. Here however is my handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the saga so far: Personally,… Continue reading James Gra(v)y
Category: musings
Mongrel watchdog
I’m struggling here. What, in principle, is wrong with merging a bunch of QUANGOs together? Surely we want fewer of the things, not more? And why can’t one big one not do a better job than lots of little ones? Isn’t this exactly the conclusion we came to when supporting the creation of the Commission… Continue reading Mongrel watchdog
Staines’ and Taylor’s self-righteous face-off
Paul “Guido” Staines and Matthew Taylor are having an indirect war of words today, with both sides blaming the other for the current ‘crisis’ in democracy. Frankly, this is self-aggrandisement on a massive scale. Websites such as Order-Order hardly help restore people’s trust in politics, but anyone who believes, as Matthew Taylor appears to, that… Continue reading Staines’ and Taylor’s self-righteous face-off